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Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 85730

This blood test measures how long it takes a blood sample to clot using a specific laboratory method, which helps evaluate the blood's clotting ability. It is commonly used to check for bleeding disorders, monitor certain blood-thinning medications, or evaluate before surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Clotting Time Test (PTT) cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$5.37 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$48.98 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $24 to $120Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $76professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$14.13
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.45

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$64.57

MN $64.57MD $4.47

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.